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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Formosa Plastics
Current Parent Company: Formosa Plastics
Penalty: $1,067,847
Year: 2005
Date: November 8, 2005
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: The US EPA was the plaintiff and the State of Delaware was a plaintiff intervenor. In addition to the $450,000 penalty split evenly between the EPA and Delaware, this decree includes the establishment of stipulated penalties, a supplemental environmental project (valued at $842,847), injunctive relief, a goal to reduce the annual RVCM average to 550 ppm (excluding seed resin) within 3 years, and an immediate reduction in the annual average RVCM limit to 750 ppm (excluding seed resin).
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Delaware
Facility City: Delaware
HQ Country of Current Parent: Taiwan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Source of Data: (click here)
Notes: Penalty listed is the state's share of penalty plus entire Supplemental Environmental Project spending.
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.